Kuchinda (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Kuchinda (Sl. No.: 15) is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Sambalpur district.[1] Area of this constituency include Kuchinda, Kuchinda block, Bamra block and Jamankira block.[2][3]

This article is about the assembly constituency. For its eponymous town, see Kuchinda.

Kuchinda
Odisha Legislative Assembly Constituency
DistrictSambalpur
BlocksKuchinda, Bamra, Jamankira
Electorate1,86,764
Major settlementsKuchinda
Current constituency
Created1967
PartyBJD
MLAKishore Chandra Nayak
Const. No.15
Reserved forScheduled tribe
Lok Sabha ConstituenciesSambalpur

Elected Members
Vote share of Winning candidates
2014
 
 43.44%
2009
 
 39.01%

Twelve elections held during 1967 to 2014. List of members elected from this constituency are:[4][5]

  • 2014: (15): Rabinarayan Naik (BJP)
  • 2009: (15): Rajendra Kumar Chhatria (Congress)
  • 2004: (132): Rabinarayan Naik (BJP)
  • 2000: (132): Rabinarayan Naik (BJP)
  • 1995: (132): Panu Chandra Nayak (Congress)
  • 1990: (132): Brundaban Majhi (Janata Dal)
  • 1985: (132): Jagateshwara Mirddha (Congress)
  • 1980: (132): Jagateshwara Mirddha (Congress-I)
  • 1977: (132): Jagateshwara Mirddha (Congress)
  • 1974: (132): Jagateshwara Mirddha (Congress)
  • 1971: (118): Jagateshwara Mirddha (Orissa Jana Congress)
  • 1967: (118): Kahnei Singh (Swatantra Party)

2019 Election Result
2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Kuchinda [6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Kishore Chandra Naik 72601 41.71
INC Sovaram Padhan 24795 14.24
BJP Rabi Narayan Naik 69093 39.69
BSP Ratha Munda 1930 1.11
AAP Abhilas Prasant Manki 950 0.55
HND Padmini Bhoi 784 0.45
Independent Sankar Bagh 1105 0.63
NOTA None of the above 2805 1.61
Majority 3508 2.02
Turnout 174063
TBA gain from TBA Swing

2014 Election Result

In 2014 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Rabinarayan Naik defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Bhubaneswar Kisan by a margin of 22,064 votes.[7]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Kuchinda[8][9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Rabinarayan Naik 46,345 43.44 14.53
BJD Bhubaneswar Kisan 68,409 29.43 8.08
INC Rajendra Kumar Chhatria 32,770 20.81 -18.2
BSP Deepak Pradhan 2,445 1.55 -0.12
JMM Binod Toppo 1,732 1.1 -1.5
AOP Padmalochan Majhi 1,602 1.02
AAP Linkan Kumar Kindo 1,306 0.83
NOTA None 2,886 1.83 -
Majority 22,064 14.09 -
Turnout 1,57,495 81.53
Registered electors 1,93,175
BJP gain from INC

2009 Election Result

In 2009 election Indian National Congress candidate Rajendra Kumar Chhatria, defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Rabinarayan Naik by a margin of 12,712 votes.[10]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Kuchinda [11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Rajendra Kumar Chhatria 49,112 39.01 -
BJP Rabinarayan Naik 36,400 28.91 -
BJD Brundaban Majhi 26,885 21.35 -
JMM Istiphan Topno 3,273 2.60 -
Independent Sadananda Kujur 3,070 2.44 -
BSP Gopinath Naik 2,098 1.67 -
SAMO Banthu Kechhua 1,537 1.22 -
KOKD Minasi Majhi 1,382 1.10 -
Independent Bipra Charan Bagh 1,269 1.01 -
Independent Gajendra Bhoi 870 0.69 -
Majority 12,712 10.10[lower-alpha 1] -
Turnout 1,25,916 67.43 -
INC gain from BJP

Notes
  1. %of total valid votes

References
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  2. Assembly Constituencies and their Extent
  3. Seats of Odisha
  4. "132 - Kuchinda (ST) Assembly Constituency". eci.nic.in. Retrieved 9 January 2014. List Of Winning Candidates
  5. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 December 2013. Retrieved 20 February 2014.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. "List of Contesting Candidates(Phase-III) (AC)" (PDF). ceoorissa.nic.in. Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
  7. "Constituency Wise odisha Assembly Election result 2014". Leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 18 August 2014. Retrieved 15 June 2014.
  8. "Odisha - Kuchinda". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 June 2014.
  9. "Orissa Assembly Election 2014, Constituency: Kuchinda (15)". EmpoweringIndia.org. Retrieved 15 June 2014.
  10. "Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin". leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 27 May 2013. Retrieved 5 January 2014. 12712
  11. http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2009/stat_OR_April2009.pdf
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